Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
Between 1907 and 1923, cattle grazing in the Kaibab National forest in Arizona was greatly reduced, deer hunting was eliminated, and predators were killed. Over 600 cougars, 11 wolves (most had already been killed in the 1800s) , and 3000 coyotes were trapped or shot. In response, the deer herd began to increase. By 1915, the deer were estimated at 25,000; by 1920 at 50,000; and by 1923 at approximately 100,000.
-Mule deer such as the Kaibab population can live 10 to 25 years. In 1920, an age structure diagram of the Kaibab deer population that places the number of young individuals at the base of a pyramid and the oldest age categories at the top, would look like a(n) .

A) wide triangle, very wide at the bottom and very narrow at the top
B) inverted pyramid, very wide at the top and very narrow at the bottom
C) narrow triangle, somewhat wide at the bottom and narrow at the top
D) narrow inverted pyramid, somewhat wide at the top and narrow at the bottom
E) rectangle, almost the same size from bottom to top, tapering slightly at the top

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